Amazing Nature: Monkeyface pricklebacks and glob sculpin: uglies on the fish lineSometimes life becomes so busy that it feels like a contra dance where one thing follows another just like the dancers in a line. It seems like fall is a time in Kodiak where many people are engaged in these dances, juggling many different tasks and taking care of work, play and volunteer business. As I am thinking about the last two weeks searching for something that would be of interest for an article, many seri...

Alutiiq Word of the Week: Uksuaq - FallUksuaq - Fall Uksuartuq awa’i. - It is fall now. Fall along Alaska’s gulf coast arrives with a palette of changing colors. The hills fade from green to gold, coastal meadows blaze with bright red fireweed and elderberry leaves, and the skies darken from blue to grey as the days shorten and winter storms reappear. For Alutiiqs, fall was a time of preparation. Subsistence activities turned from the sea toward the la...

JROTC program may come to KodiakKodiak may have it’s own Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in the future. Jay Baldwin, a former National Guard member, is running the effort to get the program into Kodiak High School. Baldwin ran the National Guard unit in Kodiak as the activity duty member for over 20 years, and he retired in October 2013. Before he retired, Kodiak High School brought down an ROTC group from Anchorage, including re...

Skyler Waite charges droppedThe State of Alaska has dropped the charges against the Kodiak woman whose arrest last year went viral on YouTube. Then 20-year-old Skyler Waite was originally charged with two counts of assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. One of the assault charges was later amended to harassment. All of the charges stemming from the April 29, 2013 incident were dropped on Tuesday. Kodiak’s District Attorney, Steve ...

Alaska State Troopers: Oct. 9October 1 • At 9:35 p.m., Alaska State Troopers arrested a man in a residence off Malutin Lane on an outstanding warrant for petition to revoke probation. October 2 • At 6 p.m., state troopers responded to the Sharatin and Spruce Cape roads area after a report of a disturbance between a man and a woman. A man was arrested for fourth degree assault. October 3 • At 6 p.m., state troopers began investigating a report...

Run the Rock slated for SaturdayTime is running out to register for Saturday’s KMXT-FM Run the Rock. The last day to register for the marathon, the half-marathon and 10-kilometer races is 7 p.m. Friday. Registration for the 5-kilometer event begins 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Bear Valley Golf Course. All four races are a fundraiser for public radio station KMXT. The marathon starts at 8 a.m. on Trident Way, near the Fisheries Research Center. It ...

Gail Ann Heitman PaddockGail Ann Heitman Paddock A woman of extreme strength, courage and love, who was beautiful, soft and now peaceful and free as a dove. Someone on who our admiration was built around, for her womanhood, daughter, sister, mother, and grandmother since she was brought into this ground, you are loved and will always be remembered. Services for Gail Ann Heitman Paddock daughter of Allen and Merle Heitman will be held Oct...

Walk and roll to school starts soonKodiak’s Island Trails Network is promoting human-powered locomotion to and from school through their “walk and roll” program. October is National Walk to School Month, and the program starts on Tuesday, Oct. 14. Its goal is to incentivize alternatives to vehicles. “The advantages of having more students walking and biking to school safely include increased safety for students and pedestrians, the development of a...